This would appear to put further pressure on premium
priced tablet vendors Motorola (MMI) and RIM (RIMM), each of whom we expect will only sell somewhere in the 1MM unit range in 2011.
Not exact matches
In 2015 Amazon released the $ 50 Fire
tablet and it was significantly lower than the average
vendor selling
price of $ 323.
«
Tablets are no longer the focus of the (PC) market but have become low -
pricing products, helping
vendors increase market shares,» TrendForce notebook analyst Kou - Han Tseng said in a media advisory.
Tablets are no longer the focus of the market, but their low
prices have helped a few
vendors increased their market shares.
In fact, it might not be a scenario limited to only the XOOM as with the launch of the iPad3 and Google's next generation Ice Cream Sandwich
tablets scheduled later in the year, there are further
price drops that can be expected from other
vendors in order to make sure that their soon to be outdated models don't get piled up.
«
Prices for Android 3.1 - based
tablet PCs to be launched by other
vendors in the second half of the year may also be affected with ASPs of Android 3.1 models likely to be dragged down by [$ 100].»
Also, consumers are demanding
tablets under 5K
price band and there are wafer - thin margin for
vendors.
According to the sources, the
price slashing on iPad2 and then launching of iPad3 in March will beat off the other competitive non-iPad
vendors, such as, Motorola Mobility, Sony and Samsung Electronics who have
priced their
tablet PC at $ 359 or more.
«The success of low -
priced tablets running custom Android versions (like the Kindle Fire and Nook Color and Nook
Tablet) will make life increasingly difficult for pure - play Android tablet vendors that are caught between Apple's high - end dominance and these products» capture of the low end,» Mainelli wrote in a report released this
Tablet) will make life increasingly difficult for pure - play Android
tablet vendors that are caught between Apple's high - end dominance and these products» capture of the low end,» Mainelli wrote in a report released this
tablet vendors that are caught between Apple's high - end dominance and these products» capture of the low end,» Mainelli wrote in a report released this month.
While
vendors such as Samsung, Asus, and Lenovo have all been a part of the growth of the Android operating system in the
tablet arena, much of the heavy lifting has been done by little - known, regional
vendors based in China that have blanketed the globe with minimally configured, Android - based, 7.x - inch
tablets at
price points of $ 100 or less.
«The surge in non-iPad shipments in the fourth quarter was achieved at considerable financial cost, with sharp
price reductions across most of the competing Android
tablets and actual product giveaways from a number of
vendors as part of promotional efforts for other electronic products,» Alexander noted.
the samsung 10.1
tablet WiFi - only version has been available for quite some time from other
vendors, but the
pricing is ridiculous @ around $ 700.
As a result,
tablet vendors like Samsung, Motorola and HP will be forced to lower their
prices in an effort to bolster weak sales, DigiTimes reports.
Yes, Google's margin is likely so thin that it will barely make any money at all selling its
tablets at this
price, and other
vendors may find it impossible to cut
prices this much and remain profitable — adding their own apps, services and other value - adds costs money that simply won't be recovered at margins this thin.
However, you can also easily find the 32 GB ThinkPad
Tablet with the pen for $ 30 $ 70 less (I ordered mine from TigerDirect for $ 569.99 — they are even cheaper now at $ 529.99) than the Lenovo price for the ThinkPad Tablet without the pen (Lenovo sells the tablet $ 569 without the pen, and charges another $ 30 to bundle the pen and tablet together) at other online vendors carrying the d
Tablet with the pen for $ 30 $ 70 less (I ordered mine from TigerDirect for $ 569.99 — they are even cheaper now at $ 529.99) than the Lenovo
price for the ThinkPad
Tablet without the pen (Lenovo sells the tablet $ 569 without the pen, and charges another $ 30 to bundle the pen and tablet together) at other online vendors carrying the d
Tablet without the pen (Lenovo sells the
tablet $ 569 without the pen, and charges another $ 30 to bundle the pen and tablet together) at other online vendors carrying the d
tablet $ 569 without the pen, and charges another $ 30 to bundle the pen and
tablet together) at other online vendors carrying the d
tablet together) at other online
vendors carrying the device.
At $ 199, Google has matched the lowest
price we've seen for an Android
tablet from a top - tier
vendor, and Amazon has been the only company able to pull it off thanks to the money it makes selling other Amazon services on the Kindle Fire.
Android
tablet vendors should follow Amazon's lead and introduce lower -
priced devices with Amazon content or exit the market altogether, one analyst recently suggested.